Glimmering Sculptures at the Harbin Ice and Snow Festival

The Harbin International Ice And Snow Sculpture Festival

Scaffolding is visible next to newly-built ice sculptures illuminated by colored lights ahead of the Harbin International Ice And Snow Sculpture Festival, in Harbin, China, Dec. 26, 2013. According to the festival organizers, nearly 10,000 workers were employed to build the ice and snow sculptures. The festival begins Jan. 5, 2014.

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The Harbin International Ice And Snow Sculpture Festival

Scaffolding is visible next to newly-built ice sculptures illuminated by colored lights ahead of the Harbin International Ice And Snow Sculpture Festival, in Harbin, China, Dec. 26, 2013. According to the festival organizers, nearly 10,000 workers were employed to build the ice and snow sculptures. The festival begins Jan. 5, 2014.

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The Harbin International Ice And Snow Sculpture Festival

Visitors admire the ice lanterns on display at the Harbin International Ice And Snow Sculpture Festival at Zhaolin Park in Harbin, China, Dec. 25, 2013.

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The Harbin International Ice And Snow Sculpture Festival

Dancing figures are cut out of ice bricks in a sculpture in the Harbin International Ice And Snow Sculpture Festival at Zhaolin Park in Harbin, China, Dec. 25, 2013.

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The Harbin International Ice And Snow Sculpture Festival

A visitor poses in the hollow of an ice sculpture at the Harbin International Ice And Snow Sculpture Festival in Harbin, China, Dec. 26, 2013.

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The Harbin International Ice And Snow Sculpture Festival

A visitor walks through an ice-brick maze at the Harbin International Ice And Snow Sculpture Festival at Zhaolin Park in Harbin, China, Dec. 25, 2013.

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The Harbin International Ice And Snow Sculpture Festival

Visitors pose for pictures in Zhaolin Park during the Harbin International Ice And Snow Sculpture Festival in Harbin, China, Dec. 25, 2013.

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The Harbin International Ice And Snow Sculpture Festival

The Harbin International Ice And Snow Sculpture Festival

Charging horses are carved out of ice as part of one sculpture at the Harbin International Ice And Snow Sculpture Festival at Zhaolin Park, Harbin, China, Dec. 25, 2013. The show contains more than 2,000 ice sculptures.

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The Harbin International Ice And Snow Sculpture Festival

Visitors take photos at the Harbin International Ice And Snow Sculpture Festival, Dec. 25, 2013 in Harbin, China. The festival began in 1963, as an ice lantern festival.